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American Baptists, Cooperative Baptists celebrate their links: First national joint worship service

Evangelical Covenant Church adds voice on care of environment: An urgency for change

Faith conservatives cheered by high court rulings: High-profile First Amendment cases

Racial, multicultural tensions still beset Unitarian Universalists: Moving toward truth and reconciliation

Yale's Brevard Childs, biblical scholar, dies: Achieved Yale's highest academic rank

TV ministry: Not just for big-name preachers anymore: Raising cash to stay on the air

China repeats demands after Vatican overture: Beijing insists on break with Taiwan

Two Canada churches reject same-sex rites: Anglicans and Lutherans turn down proposals

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Century Marks

Century Marks

Icon you not: In June, an image of Jesus could seen on a car window in Texas, the word Allah was visible in a sliced tomato in Britain, the face of God could be seen on the ceiling of a Tennessee church and Elvis’s profile was sighted on a rock in Colorado (Chicago Sun-Times, June 19).

Dilemma on sheltering immigrants: What is legal and what is right

Episcopalians won't reverse pro-gay stances: A clear rebuff to conservatives

Christian Reformed OK female ministers: After 37 years of struggle

Woman pastor called to large SBC church: First Baptist of Decatur, Georgia

Ruth Graham, an evangelist's wife: Died June 14 at her home

Seven of 10 Republicans skeptical on evolution: Four in 10 Democrats too

SBC meeting rejects human-caused warming, government solutions: Child abuse and hate crimes resolutions too

Christians in Iraq are in peril, church leader warns: Christianity may disappear from the country

Iraqi imams blame U.S. for sectarian strife: Clerics calling for unity among Muslims

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